{"id":20069,"date":"2019-02-19T08:37:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T13:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20069"},"modified":"2019-02-19T08:37:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T13:37:50","slug":"news-and-analysis-2-19-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20069","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (2\/19\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dr. Merkel&#8217;s &#8220;uncharacteristically passionate speech &#8230;  received a standing ovation &#8230;  in sharp contrast to the polite near-silence that greeted Mr Pence\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s address &#8220;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/news\/world\/europe\/angela-merkel-rejects-us-demand-to-quit-iran-deal-1.3796849\">Angela Merkel Rejects US Demand to Quit Iran Deal<\/a> (Irish Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[T]he commander sat in the same vehicle with his soldiers, watching them, without telling them to stop, as they beat the two Palestinians who were handcuffed and blindfolded &#8230; with hard objects&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Middle-East\/Commander-of-5-soldiers-who-allegedly-beat-Palestinians-indicted-580922\">Commander of 5 Soldiers Who Allegedly Beat Palestinians Indicted<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Decades of Israeli efforts to demolish, destroy, rename, rewrite and erase everything Palestinian have been in vain&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/israel-judaisation-palestine-failing-190212113024316.html\">Israel&#8217;s Judaisation of Palestine Is Failing<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In a stark departure from past programs focused on strengthening ties  with Israel and Judaism, the new crop of rabbinical students is reaching  out to the Palestinians&#8221;: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/nation-world\/article226450705.html\">Future Rabbis Plant with Palestinians, Sow Rift with Israel<\/a> (AP \/ Miami Herald)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For the hypocritical political class, the interfaith wedding of their own children is a private concern exempt from the charges of &#8220;love jihad&#8221; that has been leveled at interfaith marriage among the masses ..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/gulfnews.com\/world\/asia\/india\/why-this-hindu-muslim-wedding-in-lucknow-india-is-not-love-jihad-1.1550485509809\">Why This Hindu-Muslim Wedding in Lucknow, India, is Not &#8216;Love Jihad&#8217;<\/a> (Gulf News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and has sparked open hate crimes about which the perpetrators boast:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/rajasthan-seeks-google-help-to-remove-video-of-muslim-man-hacked-to-death-1995514\">Rajasthan Seeks Google Help to Remove Video of Muslim Man Hacked to Death<\/a> (NDTV)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[T]here is no binding mandate being produced that Iran could theoretically violate,&#8221; yet American media &#8220;parroted Pompeo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reimagining of the &#8230; language &#8230; claiming the resolution opposes any ballistic activity&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/feature\/what-caused-international-impasse-over-irans-missile-program-44582\">What Caused the International Impasse Over Iran&#8217;s Missile Program?<\/a> (National Interest)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A &#8220;chaplain in 2013 told Maye he would only attend Eid if  he changed his religion from Nation of Islam to Al-Islam. 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